I'd rather watch Lamela frustrate for the rest of the season on the off chance he may just end up being something decent, because I sure as shit know Lennon never will be and I'm much more interested in the the possibility of something that could be good than the certainty of something that isn't.

I don't think it's so much Lamela losing the ball when he attempts to pass it that frustrates. For me it's more his tendency to just constantly run into defenders and give it away that's the problem. Do the stats reflect that?

You know it's not a good game when you don't even bother watching the stream of the second half and would rather watch Final Score... We were so awful in the first 45 I couldn't bring myself to suffer the second (I was actually convinced Palace would get a goal in the second half, and if they got one, then get a second on the counter as we shambled forwards in search of an equalizer, nice to be wrong).

You know it's not a good game when you don't even bother watching the stream of the second half and would rather watch Final Score... We were so awful in the first 45 I couldn't bring myself to suffer the second (I was actually convinced Palace would get a goal in the second half, and if they got one, then get a second on the counter as we shambled forwards in search of an equalizer, nice to be wrong).

You know it's not a good game when you don't even bother watching the stream of the second half and would rather watch Final Score... We were so awful in the first 45 I couldn't bring myself to suffer the second (I was actually convinced Palace would get a goal in the second half, and if they got one, then get a second on the counter as we shambled forwards in search of an equalizer, nice to be wrong).

When was the last time we kept a clean sheet in the PL?

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You made a good decision, because we were even worse in the second half with two pointless substitutions and a few more lucky escapes. Worryingly, we looked as clueless and as devoid of a plan as we were in any of the performances under Sherwood.

Some posters just look for the negatives.
There not interested in the positives.
There agenda driven and make outlandish claims that are quite frankly BS.
Over the last few games he's been in poor form.
But to say he's been useless through the season is absolutely crap.
I know who these posters are because you get neg repped and no debate on what Lamela actually did in the game.
He was useless and that's it.
When you point to positive parts he played these posters vanish or neg rep.
He gave the ball away 100 times, really?
And get a winner rating, what game were they watching?
Do they actually realise he gave the ball less than some of his team mates?

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As said by another poster, your stats to do not show the umpteen times Lamela runs into defenders, that is not reflected in passing stats is it?

Lamela saw as much of the ball in one half as Lennon has done in the vast majority of his whole games. Made more tackles than Lennon does in a season*. He creates more goals for others per minute on a pitch than Lennon..

Again though, like the comparisons with Taraabt, the big difference there is that there were big attitude/behaviour flaws. I really get the impression that Lamela doesn't share those poor qualities-which gives me more hope he can realise his potential.

Sherwood got one thing right:
At home VS "poor" teams we need to play with width! It is too easy to defend against our narrow approach.

Rotation:
I feel Poch failed on Wednesday. One thing is for sure - Chelsea are a better team than us. This means we have to out-do them on other levels. On Wednesday we could have fielded a fresh team with almost the same quality as we have a big squad with almost everyone on the same level. In that way, we could gotten something from Chelsea, and we would have a fresh team VS Crystal Palace as well.

Other than that it is still happy times! This is not our season - We need this season as a(nother) transitional season. We have a young team and Pochettino will get things right!

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